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US Steel was in the US high yield bond market on Tuesday, one week after announcing it would restart a steelmaking facility in Illinois in anticipation of a boost in demand as a result of US president Donald Trump slapping a 25% tariff on imported steel. -
Toys ‘R’ Us is discussing with investors the outlook for the company on Monday — with a restructuring proving elusive, there is talk of liquidating the company, which would be a blow to unsecured lenders.
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Tennenbaum Capital Partners last week sold $147.9m of publically rated debt backed by a potential direct lending portfolio to a handful of insurance companies, before any of the assets had been originated. In a hot CLO market, talk of more exotic financing structures and riskier collateral is growing.
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In a booming CLO market, managers have found a new bottleneck in the deal pipeline – squeezing their transactions in with rating agencies that are swamped with deals. The agencies are calling on veterans of the CDO market to help take on the challenge.
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Even before the rollback of risk retention rules has been confirmed, CLO managers have been rushing to include language in new deals that allows them to take advantage of a repeal, according to lawyers working on the deals.
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PGIM’s Ronni Neeman, vice-president, structured products, said that his institution was pushing CLO managers to put firmer terms on replacing Libor in their deal documents, cutting down on manager discretion — which could be used to lock in low fixed interest rates if the benchmark is no longer published after 2021.
